Kingdom Tower

Kingdom Tower - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

The U.S. and Europe haven’t been having a good time of late. Saudi Arabia meanwhile, is having no such trouble in the wallet department. In fact, it's so flush that the state has unveiled plans to wrench the title of world’s tallest building from its neighbor, Dubai.The Kingdom Tower, according to designs released by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture will stand 568-feet taller than the Burj Khalifa, at a monumental 3,280-feet high. In case you were wondering, that’s 2,000 feet short of a mile.The super skyscraper will be located in Jeddah, the Saudi capital and will feature a Four Seasons hotel, Four Seasons serviced apartments, office space, apartments, and the world’s highest observatory. The building will be serviced by 29 elevators, some designed to travel at 10-meters per second, so getting from the penthouse to ground level doesn’t feel like a commute. On the 157th floor, a 100-foot-wide “sky terrace” will be built for the penthouse apartment due to be fitted.The architects have said the Kingdom Tower will cost $1.2 billion to build, forming the centerpiece of at the bigger Kingdom City project, which will cost $20 billion. They’re not wasting any time either: Piling for the tower is already being tendered.Recession? What recession?

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